Witches and Tombstones Tour

Webb Deane Stevens Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT, United States

An up-close and creepy examination of all things funereal. The Witches & Tombstones Tour begins at the Isaac Stevens House with the wake of young Henry Stevens, who died at the age of three. Guests will learn about 19th-century mourning practices, …

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The Capital Crime of Witchcraft: What the Primary Sources Tell Us

Rodgers Memorial Library 194 Derry Road, Hudson, NH, United States

On first impression, the witchcraft trials of the Colonial era may seem to have been nothing but a free-for-all, fraught with hysterics. Margo Burns explores an array of prosecutions in seventeenth century New England, using facsimiles of primary source manuscripts, …

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The Capital Crime of Witchcraft: What the Primary Sources Tell Us

Pembroke Town Library 313 Pembroke Street, Pembroke, NH, United States

On first impression, the witchcraft trials of the Colonial era may seem to have been nothing but a free-for-all, fraught with hysterics. Margo Burns explores an array of prosecutions in 17th century New England, using facsimiles of primary source manuscripts, …

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